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leveymg

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7. Unfortunately, the tendency has been to "fall forward" into a new war with each failure

Reply to KoKo (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:35 PM

Sep 2012

My guess would be Syria, after the election, with Iran to follow shortly thereafter.

I suspect the Think Tank orthodoxy is all there is, unless we say otherwise, and Obama's thinking is a product of it.

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Tough Words From General on Afghan Insider Attacks [View all] elleng Sep 2012 OP

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The political cartoons below capture our problem in Afghanistan. jody Sep 2012 #2

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Any President of the US can call the best minds on earth to meet with her/him in the Oval Office. jody Sep 2012 #4

maybe the best minds he has .....just have a different agenda KoKo Sep 2012 #6

Unfortunately, the tendency has been to "fall forward" into a new war with each failure leveymg Sep 2012 #7

Bring our troops home NOW!!! After the Marines were killed when Reagan was Pres. we cut and run. nanabugg Sep 2012 #5

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What will be different in January 2014 than today, September 16, 2012? sad sally Sep 2012 #9

War??? We are at war over there? When was WAR declared??? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #10

Forget all that... truth2power Sep 2012 #11